Bronx Republican Party

The Bronx Republican Party is the affiliate of the New York Republican State Committee in The Bronx borough of New York City. The party was strong in predominantly white areas of The Bronx, and it grew in popularity in reaction to the influx of working-class African-Americans and Hispanics into formerly middle-class white areas. The Bronx Republican Party declined in power as The Bronx became a mostly-Hispanic and black borough, and, during the 1990s, Bronx GOP chairman Guy J. Velella agreed to a non-aggression pact with the Bronx Democratic Party in exchange for their endorsement in 1994 and 1996. From 1986 to 2004, not a single Republican was elected to any office in The Bronx.